Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Stamets |
8 |
...the most moving moments of The War Tapes are their attempts to make sense of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Troops betray more hostility toward Kellogg, Brown & Root -- the Halliburton subcontractor whose supply convoys they protect -- than the insurgents. "Why the f--- am I sitting here guarding this truck full of cheesecake?" asks specialist Brandon Wilkins. |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
9 |
...gripping... |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
8 |
...fantastic... |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
8 |
...gripping... |
TV Guide
Ken Fox |
6 |
...a mixed bag. |
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager |
7 |
...more valuable even than its insight into the tactical successes and failures of the occupation is its piercing illustration of the pride, doubt, fear, bravery, and camaraderie that characterizes combatants' wartime experiences, a depiction that, in its non-judgmental authenticity, proves an uncompromising corrective to Sam Mendes's hollow, phony Jarhead. |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
9 |
...a powerfully distressing film... |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
8 |
Whatever your opinion of the war -- and however it has changed over the years -- this movie is sure to challenge your thinking and disturb your composure. |
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen |
9 |
...arguably the most vital and eye-opening documentary yet made regarding the United States' current military entanglement... |
People
Leah Rozen |
7 |
...compelling... |
LA Weekly
Tim Grierson |
7 |
...offers one more you-are-there wartime perspective, but with an intriguing twist. |
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson |
5 |
On a strictly experiential level, Deborah Scranton's The War Tapes is remarkable, tactile, and affecting; as a piece of sociopolitical culture with context and ramifications of its own, it's a worthless ration of war propaganda--ethnocentric, redneck, and enabling. |
Onion AV Club
Noel Murray |
8 |
...falls just short of greatness, because its scope is too limited. |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
8 |
...eye-opening... |
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